The Significance of Exhibits on Girlhood for Young Girls

The Girlhood (It’s Complicated) opened at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History (NMAH) in 2020. It is a temporary exhibit that is currently traveling to other museums around the US. The exhibit is revolutionary in the museum world as it focuses on...

Women of the Village

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a talk at the New York Historical Society, about radical women of the 1910s and 20s. For the first half of the event, we got to explore the newly opened exhibition, Hotbed, which is on the 4th floor of the Historical Society...

A Girl in Classical Athens

I’d like to share an exhibition that serves as a marvelous springboard to reflect on girlhood at the classical times in Athens. The Greek history is inevitably linked with the culture of classical Athens, especially its peak during the 5th century B.C. The...

Exhibition Review: Holding Up Half the Sky at the Skirball

I recently visited the Women Hold Up Half the Sky exhibition, on view at the Skirball Cultural Center and Museum until May 20th, 2012. This is an original exhibition based on the bestseller Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by...

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